Kataib Hezbollah security chief Abu Mujahid al-Assaf said Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi would be:

"fully responsible"

for any strike on Kataib Hezbollah or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) positions.

Al-Assaf claimed that Iraqi security services provide intelligence to Washington, which then passes it to Israel. He described Kataib Hezbollah's weapons as a doctrinal matter and pledged to defend Iran's Islamic regime.

The post quoted an earlier report that al-Zaidi had ordered an investigation into fuel siphoning in Jurf al-Sakhar, a closed-off area south of Baghdad described as one of the most important strongholds of the IRGC-backed Kataib Hezbollah.